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I Drying Apparatus for Laundries, No. 89,815. Patented May 4, 1869.

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- Drying Apparatus for Laundries.

Patented May 4, 1869.

Willa-28868 I in runs. munwuw To aZl whom it maglconcera-k 1 county of Hamilton, and State of Ohio, have invented being bad to the accompanying drawings, which are cing drying-room, laundry-stove, and attachments for I being built in sections, as hereafter described, so that it can be easily taken down and apart,;ready for packroom is lined with zinc, provided with frames, or racks,

- vided with a ventilating-pipe,to carry off vapor, and

struoted 'in such a manner as to cause the fire to per heating the drum in the room for drying them.

ing-pipes leading'to and constructed in sections, and connected, as shown at At,

ners A, the frame is fastened together by means of bolts, 01'' other device to keep them in-position.

tire inner edge of the frame A A. i The flooring may be strengthened. by and receive an dries; andI do hereby declare the following to be a attnt fijl'int.

PORTABLE LAUNDRY.

The. Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making of'the aame.

Be itknown that I, Jon's VAN, of Cincinnati, in the certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Launfull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference madea part of this specification.

My invention consists of aportable laundry, embraheating'water, boiling the clothing, and heating smoothing-irons, 85c. V

. The drying-room is so constructed-asto be portable,

ing in a small compass for shipping-purposes; 'This upon. which to hang the clothing, &c., to be, dried,- whichride on track-bars, or shears. It is also proheated by means of a sheet-iron drum, attached to the rear, of the laundry-stove. This drum is constructed with two air-pipes passing perpendicularly throughit, giving a circulation of air through the heated drum;

My invention also consists of a laundry-stove, couformthe separate oflices of heating waterfor the purpose of washing, heating the water in a boiler to boil the clothes, heating the irons for ironing them, and

w The water is heated by the use of one ormore waterchambers placed in thefire-box. The water circulates through these heating chambers by means of connectfrom the hydraulic boileror water-tank, to be described hereafter. Y

. In the accompanying drawings- Figure .1 represents a vertical longitudinalsection of my combined portable dry-room andlaundry on the Figure 2 represents a horizontal section on theline Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the drawings. A represents the bottom frame-work of the laundry,

by a lap, or other proper kind of joint. At the corany suitable joint, or by mortise and tenon and pins,

The flooring A is in sections, also, of a convenient size to permit ofease in handling, and is inserted by means of a rabbet-joint, A extending around the enadditional support from cross-pieces, or sills A.

The flooring may be of any desired and suitable size,

form, or extent, sothat it beadapted to the frame A.

The upper surface of the base-frame A is traversed longitudinally, near the edge, by a groove, A, of sufiici'ent width to receive the lower ends of the sides C 0 of the drying-room, and of sufficient depth to hold them firmly in position when they are put in place.

The dry-room is constructed of any suitable material and any desired size, (I prefer, however, to have it cover about one-third of the area of the floor,) in the following manner.

. A frame-work, B,.corresponding in size to that of the dry-room, is first constructed, by uniting and fasteningv the pieces composing it together in the same manner as the bottom already described.

This topjframe is also provided with grooves B,

adapted to receive the upper ends of the sides 0 G.

The top frame, like the bottom, is to be fastened together by pins, bolts, clamps, or other suitable means.

The corner-posts H, fig. 2, are-then set into place, and the top frame B is raised upon them, or the posts H may be stood in place, and the sides 0 0 also placed in the grooves A", designed for them, and then the top frame-work B put up s'eparately, and all fastened together at once, in the manner set forth.

The top and bottom frames'B and A, and the cor oer-posts H, bind and hold the other parts of the dry room in position.

After having secnred the skeleton frame-workA B H in position, before finally fastening it, the sides 0 are to be inserted by fitting the ends into the grooves A and B designed-for their reception,at the top and bottom. These sides are lined with sheet-metal, as

are also the inner surfaces of the pieces composing the frame-work A B H and thereof and flooring, making,

when the. dry-room is completed, a continuous and complete" sheathing of metal on the inside of the room,

which protects the wood-work from the effects of the dampness necessarily consequent upon the hanging damp clothes within, and from the vapor thrown off during the process of drying. The manner in which the sides 0 are to be sheathed orlined with metal may be varied at pleasure. Thesections Oare simply strips of woodseparating the drying-bars P, which are placed upon the rails Z before fastening the frametogether. These sections 0 are lined by placing zinc, or other metal, 0 on their inner surface, and fastening in an proper manner.

The sections 0 may be constructed in the same manner, wholly of wood; and lined, or they may be made to consist of a frame-work, the pieces of which, H, are

only some few inches wide, upon the inner surface of which zinc, or other metal, 0*, may be fastened, making the section from the outside have the appearance of panelling, while the inner surface presents a smooth metallic wall.

This latter method of construction may be preferable, for it increases the lightness and simplicity of the sections, saving a considerable amount of wood-work,

which is supplied by the zinc or metal 0, as described. 'The roof of the dry-house is composed of sections, in the same manner as are the sides H', O, or O.

Brepresents a sectional view of tl1eframe'-work,.to

which is fastened the zinc or metallic lining B, showing the manner in which the difierent sections of the top are united, by means of a lap, or rabbet-joint, and united to the top frame B in the same manner.

The sections 0 of the sides also join each other by a lap-joint.

B represents the frame of the top, to which is fastened the metal sheeting, as described.

B shows the frame-work of the sides, which supports the zinc or metal lining O of that portion of the dry-house.

The drying-frames are constructed of two horizontal bars, P P, one at the top and one at the bottom, connected by two perpendicular pieces, P P at the ends, and any number of horizontal cross-bars, or lines P, upon which to hang clothing to be dried.

The inner and outer ends P P of this frame form flanges projecting upon each side, overlapping the sides of the building, as shown in fig. 2. These flanges on the inside prevent the frame being drawn clear out.

The frames run on shears, or rails Z, and sustained in an upright position by means of the top and bottom rails of the frame itself, when in position.

Underneath theframe, upon the bottom rail, grooved rollers P may be placed, to cause 'itto move more Attached to and made part of the laundry is a stove,

D, of suitable form, constructed to accommodate on top a boiler, a, for boiling clothes, and a plate, a, upon which to heat smoothing-irons. This stove is also furnished with the water-heating chambers D on all sides of the fire-box.

c d is the ash-pan, underneath the grate.

E is a water-tank, 0r reservoir, furnished with the cook 70, for drawing off the water.

This tank is connected with the water-heating chambers D, by means of the pipes I I, fig. 2, and the by draulic pressure causes the water to circulate from the tank to the heating-chambers freely.

f is a pipe, through which to fill the tank.

O (L are the door of the dry-room, and its frame,

constructed in sections like and inserted at the time the sides are.

Hating thus described my invention,

What I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The dry-room of a portable laundry, consisting of the sectional floor A A, posts H, upper frame, or plate B, and sections B H, and provided with the metallic lining, substantially as and for the purpose set' forth.

2. The metallic-lined sections B C H C of the dryroom of the portablelaundry, constructed in the manner described, for the purposes specified.

3. Inthe portable laundry, the stove D,constructed with the fire-box c, water heating chambers D, airheating drum M m, flues L N, and vapor-duct 0, all arranged as described, in combination with the dryhouse and water-reservoir, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. The combined arrangement of the sectional floors A A", the dry-house B B G H H, the clothes-frames P P P P, rails Z Z, stove D D L M N O, and waterreservoir E, provided with the pipes ff, I I, and'cock k, substantially as described, to form an improved portable laundry.

In testimony of which iuvention,I hereunto set my hand.

JOHN VAN. \Vitnesses:

J. W. PATTERSON, W. L. ALDRICH. 

